{"active":true,"apply_url":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pika/fb9e43d7-36b8-46c7-93cd-2b7504e30363/application","company":{"claimed":false,"name":"Pika","slug":"pika","website":"https://pika.art"},"countries":["US"],"employment_type":"full-time","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T09:30:09Z","getwork_url":"https://getwork.dev/jobs/ab-pika-fb9e43d7-36b8-46c7-93cd-2b7504e30363/","id":"ab-pika-fb9e43d7-36b8-46c7-93cd-2b7504e30363","injection_flag":false,"last_seen_at":"2026-11-03T04:00:09Z","location":"US remote; United States","published_at":"2026-06-23T21:47:29Z","regions":["north_america"],"remote":"remote","role_family":"ml","salary":{"currency":"USD","max":350000,"min":250000,"period":"year","source":"structured"},"seniority":"unspecified","stack":["llm"],"stack_mentioned":[],"title":"ML Engineer, Inference & Optimization","untrusted_description":"ABOUT THE ROLE\n\nWe are seeking Senior/Staff level Inference Engineers to accelerate the performance of Pika's AI-driven products. In this highly technical role, you will operate at the intersection of cutting-edge inference acceleration, GPU parallelism, advanced model deployment, and video generation technologies. Your expertise will drive significant improvements to model speed and efficiency, ensuring our creative AI systems deliver industry-leading user experiences at scale.\n\nYou will design and optimize inference pipelines, implement state-of-the-art acceleration techniques, and work closely with researchers and engineers across the team to push the boundaries of what’s possible in real-time AI deployment. Your efforts will play a foundational role in powering the next generation of Pika’s video and language models.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\n- Accelerate Inference: Lead and implement advanced inference acceleration techniques, including attention optimization and quantization for efficient model serving.\n\n- Maximize GPU Parallelism: Engineer and optimize GPU strategies across tensor, sequence, and pipeline parallelism (TP, SP, PP) for maximal efficiency and scalability.\n\n- Programming for Performance: Develop and optimize high-performance computing kernels and distributed workloads using CUDA and NCCL.\n\n- Advance AI Deployment: Collaborate with research and engineering teams to bring state-of-the-art videogen and large language models into production.\n\n- Improve Training Efficiency: (Bonus) Contribute to improvements in model training speed, stability, and resource utilization as part of our deployment lifecycle.\n\n- Technical Excellence: Drive rigorous code reviews, participate in technical discussions, and mentor fellow engineers on best practices in inference and GPU programming.\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\n- Experience: 5+ years engineering experience, with a strong track record in inference acceleration and model deployment at scale.\n\n- Inference Mastery: Proven expertise in inference optimization, including quantization, attention acceleration, and deep learning compiler stacks.\n\n- GPU & Parallelism: Deep knowledge of GPU programming (CUDA, NCCL) and experience with SP, TP, PP, and other forms of parallelism for distributed inference.\n\n- AI Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with video generation (videogen) models and large language models (LLMs).\n\n- Collaboration: Strong cross-discipline communication skills; able to drive shared goals across research and engineering functions.\n\n- Ownership Mindset: Self-driven, solutions-oriented, and capable of managing ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment.\n\n- Bonus: Experience in enhancing training efficiency, stability, or resource optimization for large models.\n\nNICE TO HAVE\n\n- Experience with high-throughput video or real-time streaming model deployment\n\n- Familiarity with distributed training and optimization toolkits\n\n- Contributions to open source projects in AI infrastructure or deep learning compilers\n\n- Startup or rapid prototyping experience\n\nWHAT WE OFFER\n\n- Competitive salary in the AI industry\n\n- Equity in a fast-growing startup shaping the future of AI\n\n- Comprehensive health benefits, monthly stipends, company retreats\n\n- A supportive and collaborative office culture—we’re all building and launching together\n\nABOUT PIKA\n\nAt Pika, we're crafting a future where video creation is seamless, intuitive, and universally accessible. Our mission is to empower creativity by breaking down technical barriers using the transformative power of AI. We’re a tight-knit, energetic team based in Palo Alto, CA, valuing efficiency, curiosity, and the ambition to make a meaningful impact on the world.\n\nWe work from our Palo Alto office 3–5 days a week and welcome applicants who are eager to contribute onsite.","url":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pika/fb9e43d7-36b8-46c7-93cd-2b7504e30363"}